Introductions

Hello, I’m Jennifer Boyd, but you can call me Jen. I’ve lived in Austin my whole life (in the same house, even), so adapting to a smaller environment should be interesting. I have one older sibling – a 24 year-old sister who lives outside of Detroit. She’s my best friend, and I hate living so far away from her.

I’m not extremely talkative in groups, but I’m working on improving that. I can’t tell a joke to save my life, but I do enjoy hearing them. My attention span is a bit short, so I look around and move a lot. It doesn’t mean I’m not listening, I promise! My major is Business right now, but I don’t know what specific field or career I’m interested in yet.

I’m not sure how else to describe myself; I am a bit biased, after all.

Intoductions

Hi, my name is Tina Longman and I live in Kerrville, Texas. I graduated from the small school of Our Lady of the Hills High School. We reached 80 kids this year! I was born in San Francisco, then moved to New Hampshire, and am now here in Texas. Needless to say, we have moved around a bit. I am planning on majoring in English and then going on to law school to study Environmental Law.
My favorite activity to participate in is Polocrosse. For those of you who have never heard of it, Polocrosse is pretty much just lacrosse on horseback. I also love watching musicals, playing volleyball, most horse activities, being a team member for ACTS retreats, reading, listening to music, etc. For anything else you want to know, just ask me!

Allow me to introduce myself

Hello fellow FYS members! Sorry for the tardiness of my blog, but one of the first facts I can share about myself is that I'm a huge procrastinator. Hopefully this habit of mine will be supressed by the time I actually have to deal with a college workload (althought it's pretty unlikely).
Well, I'll just start off with the basics. My name is Melissa and I'm from Memphis, TN. Yes, I'm one of the few kids that will be coming from what seems to almost be some foreign land, considering I'm by no means from Texas. Southwestern was a really random choice of school for me, but it seems to fit my personality really well. I have quite a bit of family in the Houston area, so I've had the pleasure of spending countless holidays and summers in the great state of Texas. Long story short, I've always wanted to go to a liberal arts college live and Austin. Thus, Southwestern couldn't be a better fit for me.
At SU I plan on majoring in ___________ (fill in the blank). I honestly have no clue what I'll end up studying. I'm coming to school with an open mind this fall. Right now I'm leaning towards political science, but who knows what it will be tomorrow.
So now's the part where I'm going to mention the fact that I really despise writing about myself. Everytime I list my interests, I feel that I sound similar to every average teenager. Just like that vast majority of young adults, I love music, movies, traveling, the whole nine yards. Despite my cliche list of interests, I really feel that I have a unique personality. I suppose you'd just have to get to know me to really see that. So since I lack the clever rhetoric to descibe my not-so-ordinary personality, I'm going to leave all of you with something short, yet insightful about myself. Here are five things I want to do before I die:
1. Go to a world cup championship soccer game
2. Have a conversation with Bob Dylan (this is the idealist in me)
3. Travel the world
4. Open up my own coffee shop/hookah bar
5. Have a career that will allow me to positively affect the lives of people all over the world

Intro

Hello fellow FYS members!
Well, the basics first, I suppose:
My name is Shireen Tabrizi, I am 18 years old, and I live in the fantastic city of Austin, TX.
I plan on majoring in International Studies, possibly double majoring in Political Science. Who knows, really. I'd like to eventually work for the UN or something along those lines. I plan on joining the Peace Corps after completion of my Bachelor's but I suppose I can't really predict where I'll be in four years.
I volunteered in an orphanage this summer for three weeks in Tanzania and it was definitely an experience to stay with me forever, in every aspect. It kind of helped me see what direction I'd like my life to go in, in a sense.
I'm extremely excited to start something as new and big as college. Then there's that whole living on my own thing I've been fantasizing about for years...even though I'll only be 30 minutes from home at most. Minor detail, right?
I love music...don't we all? Well then I'll be seeing a good portion of you at ACL this year, I assume! Two words: Bob Dylan.
That, I guess, would be me in a nutshell. A nice, long nutshell. I tend to ramble, I apologize.
I look forward to meeting you all surprisingly soon!

Introduction

hello
My name is Rebecca. I live in Lancaster, CA where you can be baked alive if you dare step outside.
I'm the youngest of three kids and the only girl. Both my brothers are in college and are graduating this year. I'm 17 right now but in two weeks exactly i will be legal, an event I'm looking forward too and dreading.
We have a dumb dog, chickens and a tortoise , all of which are more my mom's than mine.
I'm planning on majoring in political science with a minor in international studies but i have no idea what I'm actually going to do career wise. I used to want to be a teacher but then I realized a good teacher is far more flexible and patient than I. As you might have guessed, I'm very stubborn and have strong convictions about most thing especially political and moral issues.

I'm an avid reader and a professional procrastinator. That is me in a blog

Hey You Guys!

Hi,
I'm Tyler Fredregill, I was born and raised in Huntsville, Tx (most famously known for Prisons, SHSU, and a big tall statue), in other words... my hometown is LAME, but I made it work.

I had a blast in high school, I was captain of the Speech Team and a member of a group that went to the younger schools to teach about choices to make in High School and in life. I'm an avid member of my youth group and absolutely love having such an awesome God watching over me. I have a wonderful family who let me know everyday that I will not be living the luxurious life anymore... but I beg to differ. I have a twelve year-old brother named Tristan, he doesn't know it, but I look up to him just as much as he does to me. I plan on majoring in Biology and Spanish and want to become a Cosmetic/Reconstructive Surgeon and mission in Bangladesh or Africa. I LOVE traveling and Buffalo Wild Wings... so if there are any other B-Dubs lovers let me know! I think that covers enough... probably too much.

See you soon,
Tyler

Introductions

Hi, my name is Lauren Tedmon.
I’m a Leo, my birthstone is peridot and I was born in the year of the snake. Sorry, I’m not that interesting; I’m just having a difficult time describing myself. I’ve been sitting for a while working on this. Not because I’m some sort of narcissist, I'm just not much of a writer. I apologize ahead of time to Alexis (the walking grammar book) my writing is bound to horrify you. It’s second only to my abysmal spelling. Thank God for spell check!
I have 7 animals, four of which are humans. My family and I are not really from anywhere, one of the perks of being a military brat. My dad’s is a pilot, which makes my fear of planes sort of ironic. He originally wanted me to join the military, but I convinced him that there are other ways to serve our country, many of which don’t require boot camp. So now I’m enrolled at SU and I’m planning on majoring in chemistry, assuming I can survive it.
That’s all I can think of, guess I’ll resort to likes and dislikes.
Likes:
Piano
The show, House
Time with friends
Theatre
Skiing
Dislikes:
Excessive use of the word “like”
planes

Hi friends!

I am your RA.
I am a counselor at a Boy Scout Camp.
I am a theatre major.
I am a sophomore.
...


I am/have run out of ideas for this "I am" thing.

Last year I had Dr. Stockton for my college writing course. I enjoyed it greatly and when I heard I and my residents got to work with her this coming fall, I became more enthused than I already was about being an RA.

I thought of a few more "I am"s. So prepare yourself.


I am an avid movie collector.
I am (working on being) an avid backpacker.
I am leaving the computer to go participate in a campfire.

Hello...?

My name is Micah, although I have been called "Mikey," "Micaphone," "Mic Mic," and other terribly cheesy nicknames, so feel free to address me in whichever clever or not-so-clever fashion you think is necessary. I live in a silver forest of plastics plants (please do not confuse this with "plastic plants") and breathe polluted air. We call this Baytown.

I enjoy a nice paradox, but not a pair of Docs, since I am not much of a boot person. I love music and listen to many different forms of it, particularly music created by artists with interesting/intelligent/clever things to say.

I am a pretty nice fellow almost all of the time, despite the overwhelming sarcastic, critical voice that speaks in my head.

My crystal ball is rather cloudy at this particular moment in my life, so I plan on freestyling my future. The word "freestyle" may spark a particular image in your mind of a man with silver teeth and a very big chain holding a microphone in his hand, but do not be deceived: I am no "gangsta", nor am I any sort of rapper.

I am afraid my autobiographical sketch will misrepresent me as a person, but perception and perspective are out of my control; I can only control presentation and I feel that the presentation suits me well.

Peace, love, and lots of loud music.

Welcome!

Hello! I'm Elizabeth Stockton, and I'll be the professor for the FYS section, "When You Walk Through the Garden." I've asked you to read Octavia Butler's novel Kindred over the summer, and we will be talking about her novel here before we meet each other in person in August. For now, though, let's start off by introducing ourselves to one another.

So, I'll go first. I am an Assistant Professor of English at Southwestern University. I specialize in antebellum American novels--meaning, novels written before the Civil War, from about 1820-1860. In particular, my research focuses on how legal changes affected novels that were written during that period. Our FYS course will dovetail with some of my specialties, but I'm really interested in the new directions it will take me--and new directions it will hopefully take you, as well.

I am originally from Katy, TX, but when I was 18, I moved away and have lived in Atlanta, Chicago, and most recently Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I earned my Ph.D. I now live in Georgetown with my husband and two rather large dogs. In my spare time, I listen to indie rock, watch baseball, and desperately try to keep my failing vegetable garden alive. This summer, I taught a summer school course on Film Noir and am now working with two undergraduates on a summer research project.

I am eager to learn more about each of you. Please feel free to write as much or as little about yourself as you'd like here. Be sure to label your post "introduction" so that everyone will be able to find it.

And again, welcome!
Professor Stockton